Cash-check.



J. D. GIBBS.

CASH CHECK. APPLIQATION FILED 1190.3, 1999.

1,084,143, Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

NI/ENTOR.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES I). GIBBS, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO GIBBS-INMANCOMPANY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

CASH-CHECK.

Losanna.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. f3, i914,

Application led December 3, 1909. Serial No4 531,273.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES D. Gis, of Louisville, Jefferson county,Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cash-Checks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

In present forirs of cash fare receipts, the stubs, after being detachedfrom the passengers receipt, are deposited in the pocket or otherreceptacle carried by the conductor, the result being confusion of thenumerical rotation, and often, the loss or defaceinent of some of them.

It is the object of my improvement to overcome this troublesome practiceby retaining the stubs intact in the cutter or manipulator until theconductor reaches the end of his run.

Another objection to the present form is that the cutters areinconvenient in point of operation and liable to damage in the pocketand in handling by conductor. Furthermore, the relative parts of thecutter are not assembled in a manner conducive to long wear.

These objections are entirely remedied by my invention, which is fullyset forth in the accompanying specification and drawing, similarcharacters of reference being used to indicate corresponding parts inthe several views.

Figure l is a general view of my improved cutter with a pad of ticketsheld in normal position to be executed to represent various amounts offare, and showing the stubs of some of the tickets from which thereceipts have already been detached. Fig. 2 is an end view of the cutterand pad of tickets with studs turned back in readiness for the nextoperation. Fig. 3 is also an end view of the cutter and tickets, showingthe severed tubs as they lie abo-ve the blades, and the whole envelopedin a leather cover. Fig. is a front view of base-plate, sholwing mannerof attaching t-he swinging frame.

The cutter consists of a base-plate or holder A, having up-t-urned edgesor rims c, d, a swinging frame B, the cutters D, E, F, and the retainingstrip G. I-leretofore the cutter blades have been retained in posit-ionby a pin passing through a slot, in a manner which prevents turning backthe stubs after being severed from the receipt portions, whereby it isnecessary to remove the stub after each operation. Furthermore, theprojecting parts are injurious to the pockets and, being exposed, areconstantly liable to damage. To overcome these objections I form twoarms B B, on the strip or frame B, carrying the cutterblades, theextremities of which are curved and passed through the slots a a, in therim c to forni the hinges o Z), whereby the cutterblades are raised upafter each severing operation and the stubs turned back preparatory tothe next operation. As a safe-guard, and further convenience to theconductor, l bind the slips or tickets in pads of suitable thickness bymeans, preferably, of flexible glue or gum, c', but they may be bound bystitching, stapling or other means if preferred. It is well known thatthe flexibly padded sheets will not become detached unless they ai'ediawn back beyond the line of attachment, and to prevent this I bend anarrow width of the rim (l, to substantially a right angle e, wherebythe stubs are obstructed from being unintentionally detached. As a meansof protection to both the cutter and the pockets in which it is carried,I employ a suitable cover, J, preferably of leather, which is affixed tothe baseplate A by means of a small brad or fastener, j, at either end,and this cover, when open, in io wise interferes with the process ofoperation.

In practice, my improved cash check is handled as follows: A supply oftickets or slips sufficient for a given trip or run is installed in theholder, which is easily accomplislied by merely raising the swingingframe, and when a receipt is to be given, the operator slides theseveral cutters back and forth by means of the thumb-pieces, f, g, 7i,until they intersect the series of figures at the desired points, thenwhile holding` firmly the thumb-piece g, scvers the ticket first fromthe top to the middle along the cutting edges, then from the bottomcompleting the separation. The portion H thus detached becomes a receiptfor the fare collected and is handed to the passenger, after which theswing-frame B, with its accompanying cutters, is raised, the stub, I,turned bac-k and the cutters dropped back to their normal position. Atthe conclusion of his trip the conductor removes the pad ofi' slips fromthe holder, detaches all the stubs from which receipts have been cut anddisposes of them according to his instructions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

l. A ticket case embodying a holder adapted t0 receive a pad of ticketsflexibly united along one edge, a frame hinged to the` holder at theedge opposite the position of the uniting of the tickets and carryingcutters, and a strip extending over the holder at the edge opposite thehinging of the frame adapted to permit tickets being turned backivardlya limited distance but to prevent them being turned 'backwardly farenough to be disengaged from the pad.

2. In a ticket case, the combination With a holder adapted to receive apad of tickets flexibly united along one edge, of a severing framepivoted to one edge of the holder and a strip rigidly carried by theholder extending over the position of the united edge of the tickets andpositioned to permit tickets being turned backwardly a limited distancebut to prevent them from being bent backivardly to such a degree as tosever tickets from the pad.

3. A ticket case embodying a holder adapted to receive a pad of ticketsflexibly united along one edge, a frame hinged to the case at the edgeopposite the position oi the uniting of the tickets and carrying cuttersextending toward the hinge and of ditierent Widths and separablymovable, and a strip extending over the holder at the edge opposite thehinging of the trame adapted to permit tickets being turned backwardly alimited distance but to prevent them being turned backwardly far enoughto be disengaged from the pad.

4. A ticket case embodying a holder adapted to receive a pad of ticketsHexibly united along one edge, a frame hinged to the holder at the edgeopposite the position of the uniting of the tickets and having a stripextending along the edge adjacent such position7 cutters carried by thelast mentioned strip and independently movable, such cutters being ofdifferent Widths and extending dierent distances toward the hinge, and astrip extending over t-he holder at the edge opposite the hinging of theframe adapted to permit tickets being turned backwardly a limiteddistance but to prevent them being turned backtvardly far enough to bedisengaged from the pad.

JAMES D. GIBBS. lVitnesses C. `W. EAKEN, HENRY H. FRENKE.

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